Etymologies

Examples

Syrian government television warned citizens against demonstrating, saying that there is a "difference between peaceful protests," which are permitted, and what it called "rioting"The government also warned people against carrying firearms and urged citizens not to stock up on bread.

The authors reject some common psychological explanations for the mayhem — the idea that fans mimic the violence they see unleashed on the gridiron, or the idea that rioting is a way of relieving frustration after a loss.

Well, Jonna, it´s one thing to get drunk and engage in rioting and other anti-social behavior, a fine European tradition, it is another to become absessed with winning and losing to the point that, between seasons, most of a community of over 4,000,000 people (Alabama) broods incessantly on the losses.

In order to express their displeasure with the idea that Muslims are violent, thousands of Muslims around the world engaged in rioting, arson, mob savagery, flag-burning, murder and mayhem, among other peaceful acts of nonviolence.